| ▲ | jboggan 5 hours ago | |
I don't think it is killing SaaS. I have definitely had to extend my sales cycle when a potential customer vibe-coded a quick fix for a pain point that might have triggered a sale a few weeks earlier, but eventually the benefit delivered by someone else caring about the software as their entire mission really wins out over a feature here and there. If you are selling SaaS consider that a vibe-coding customer is validating your feature roadmap with their own time and sweat. It's actually a very positive signal because it demonstrates how badly that product is needed. If they could vibe code a "good enough" version of something to get themselves unstuck for a week, you should be able to iterate on those features and build something even better in short order, except deployed securely and professionally. Everyone's going to talk about how cool their custom vibe-coded CRM is until they get stuck in a failed migration. | ||
| ▲ | falloutx 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Yeah I have been saying this since the start of vibe coding, Saas companies rely on their sales, who are good enough to sell ther products even in tougher conditions. Software costs for the companies is 100% tax deductible, and they spend a very little on it (Most of times its less than 1% of CapEx). Only reason to optimize this cost is if the Execs of those companies think you can sell the same product. | ||
| ▲ | physicsguy 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
The other thing is bringing in the knowledge about what other customers in the same field want. For business-focused software this can be a boon, customers often can't really envision the solution to their problem, it's like the Henry Ford attributed "If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses" | ||
| ▲ | pphysch 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
> Everyone's going to talk about how cool their custom vibe-coded CRM is until they get stuck in a failed migration. Failed/partial/expensive migrations is the name of the game with SaaS as well. Lock-in is the bottom line. Migrations become much less scary when you truly own your data and can express it in any format you like. SaaS will keep sticking around, especially those that act like white-hat ransomware. | ||